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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the French negotiator think Sharpe is trying to do?
(a) Sabotage his capture of Vivar.
(b) Stop the French advance.
(c) Help Vivar escape.
(d) Draw him away from Vivar's position.

2. What does Vivar tell Sharpe the strongbox contains?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Papers.
(c) Gold.
(d) Money.

3. What do the British and Spanish decide to do when they arrive at a village in Chapter 6?
(a) Stay on the far side in a meadow.
(b) Stay the night.
(c) Continue through it.
(d) Buy supplies and move on.

4. Who does Sharpe meet in the night?
(a) Harper.
(b) A British woman.
(c) Vivar's lieutenant.
(d) A Spanish woman.

5. What does Parker ask Sharpe to do?
(a) To keep his niece safe.
(b) To lend him a rifle.
(c) To allow his wife to leave.
(d) Negotiate the Parkers' release from the farmhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom is Major Blas Vivar hiding a strongbox?

2. What does the man in the black coat and white boots say to Sharpe?

3. By what title does Major Warren Dunnet address the lieutenant in Chapter 1?

4. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?

5. What do Sharpe's men do when he assembles them in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about Vivar's troops?

2. What does Vivar asks Sharpe and what does Sharpe decide to do after speaking with Vivar?

3. What happens when the French assault the farmhouse the first time and what does Sharpe tell Harper? What is Harper's response?

4. What is the fortress to which Vivar has brought Sharpe and the Spanish troops and what does Vivar say about Spain and the French?

5. What does Sharp worry about with Louisa, what does she tell him and what is her response when he tells her about the strongbox?

6. What does de l'Eclin accuse Sharpe of and what is Sharpe's response? What does Vivar's brother say?

7. Why do Sharpe's men begin to call out enthusiastically when the Parkers come in front of the assembly and what does Mrs. Parker explain to Sharpe?

8. What do the British and Spanish find when they enter a village, what do they do and how do the troops feel?

9. Why does Sharpe withdraw his small force of riflemen he left in the woods?

10. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about leadership?

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